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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
SIGHTS IN FLORIDA.
How n Generous Young Man Regaied Him
self AMI HIS BIushin- Bride.

How n Generous Young Man Regaled Him
self AMI HIS Flushing Bride.
While travelling in Central Florida few
days since our trtin halted At a small
country station, writes a Hartford Tines
correspondent Among tho passengers
that came inio the car in which wc wcrc
seated was nm awkward, ovcr- grown
young man who seemed To have too many.
han Is, feet and elbows TO dispose OF, and
which were ever il h way. Accom-.
panying him was a young woman, evil
IDENTIFY his sweetheart, who was attircd in
brigh. scarlet dress. She wore a blue
velvet bonnet, covered with a long black
Grape vc!- Shc was probably in half
mourning for soma relative. Soon after
being seated the cnterprising fruit vendor
camc through the car. The young man
from the rural district fumbled in his
pockets AMI produced a small homo made
purse "a little bag mado Of mattress cloth,
striped blue and white. gathered with q.
string at the to?), from the contents OF
which he purchased one banana and q
few peanuts. Pooling the banana, no first
bit of a piece himself, che wing II with
evident satisfaction, and then held IL to
tho mouth Of his sweetheart, who also
took bite.
He then helped himself, as before, to on.
other bite and they thus alternately re.
duced its re until the whole was eaten,
after which they RECALLED themselves with
peanuts until reaching their destined sta
tinn, when he took her hand and led her
OF the car.
IL i3 not uncommon to SEQ teams COM
ing in from the country on market davs
consisting of single steer or cow at
Ia he'd 10 a small home made cart of two
wheels, the driver generally neg boy
or woman. The steed Is usually of stunt
ed growth, ari very thin in flesh. II h
guided by bits, which are OF home con-
structioa, made according to the native
ingenuity OF the owner, and to which
ropes for rcins arc attached, though not
unfrequertly the ropes are tied 70 the
horns, and the driver pulls on The right
or left horn to turn the head Of the aniS
NAL in the desired direction.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

A place on earth has been found where
taxes are unknown. It is territory bor.
dering on the northern line of LINCOLN
County, Me-, called "Hibbert's Gore.n II
contains 334 ceres Of land and ten -Four.
ishing families. 1t is bounded BY tho
lines Of three counties Knox, Lincoln and
Waldo, but is not claimed by either. The
Inhabitants do fnot maintain a municiuai
organization and can not vote for Presi-
dent, Governor, members OF the LeQisIa-
ture or town officers. but they are CON
tented with their lot, have fine farms and
good roads, their pork barrels and potato
Dins are open TO one another, and they do
sot care a snip about politics.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
beware of the seif-Deoviny C,r,

"Ohl give me love, no moro I'll ask.o
sings poetess. She thinks so Just now.
probably, but before she's three months
married she'll be wanting to put on as
much style as any body, even to a drome
dairy hustle and sevcn-story hat TO wear
at the theatre. The girl that refuses
carsmels and ice-cream during courtshiu
is the one that wants q cameTs hair
shawl, diamond earrings and a spitz dog
with coin silver collar the moment the
honeymoon is over
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

There is a deaf-mute in Kansas who Is
engaged in tho hilarious occupation Of
selling books A. deaf and dumb book
agent is good institution, especially the
dumb part This Is step in the right
direction, and when the industry grows
so that all insurance, fruit tree and light
ming rod agents, as well as the book men,
are unable to talk, II Will be time to take
seat in the shade sud keep an opera
glass handy TO take the first glimpse OF
tire millennium whom she appears.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Bachelors are not taxed in this country
es tn, y are in Switzerland, Int here they
have to support all the theaters, livery
mca and ice-oream saloonsS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
Let Us All PITY HI. u,,dow

The man who resigned his position two
months ago because he couldn't live on
The salary he was recelving'' has been
IDLE ever since. Although he Is occasion
ally seen in the streets with his hands in
nis pockets, the inference Is that he Ia
lead.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
CHURCHES.

CHRlSTtAN.-P Preaching every sunday Mt
~ N o'clock ". M. ana Z 40 y. m. Prayer
meeting every Thursday night. sunday school
at 10 o'clock n. IN. CycrySunday.
". MCFARLAND. pustOr.
ATETHODIsT EPISCOPAL.-Scrviccs every
1Nl SUNDAY at n :OO -. M. and Z 20 y. m. sun
day school every Sunday Ht 10 n. M. Prayer
meeting cyory "Wednesday evening nc : 30.
Strangers invited. II. SASDERsON, Pastor.
DRESHYTERtAN.-S every sunday at
y n a. m. and 30 y. M. sunday School at
10 u. IN. REv. MCELROV, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH - Services on End
Sunday of every month az Shprlock's hall, at
1000 "A. m. RFv. kEARFUL Pastor.
N EUMAN BAPTIST BWETtIREN-Iiold reg
VI ulRr services NJ Mingunu. Barber county,
the second and fourth sundays In each month.
Nt Forrest school house ON the second SUNDAY
CCdnr Greek school house ON the third sunday.
lly Elders ShumbCrger, Smith aud Nehcr.
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PosTAI

PnstpCIicc at Medicine Lodge open from 4 NJ
lO y va. sundays one hour on arrival of rnil.
Money order uilicc. r.. A. MCCLENRY. y. ".
a. :. NCCLEARY, Assistant.
The Mails:
From Attioa and all Ens;orn points, arrives
kAilv at 80 rM; lcaVcs dnily nt .:3j y 81.
From Ashland, CudwutCr, NesCntuuEn, Sol
dior Creek, Red Creek, sun city, Lake cry,
NIngouH, kingtnna, BrOss, New kiOwa, arrives
daily.
h. "a. arrives Mnndny~, Wednesdays and Fri
d. ysntbPM. DcpurtsruCsduyz Thursday and
Saturdays ut \ \ ".
Fgum lusa. Elm Mills and Saratoga arrives ou
gucsduys AMI Fridays AT . T. N und departs OF
Wednesdays unl SATURDAYS nj SAN.
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Pacific Branch of the so,d,er., Home.

LAS VEGAS n. NJ, Dec. THE board of
managers of the National Home for Disabled
Soldiers, at meeting last night, made their
final decision the question of the location of
the Pacific branch of the home. The place Sc
lected Joins the town of San Monoca, Los
Angeles county, California, and is about fourteen
miles from Los Angeles, and connected with
the latter city by two lines of railroad The
land is donated by Senator Jones and Mrs A
d. B. Baker and consists of three hundred
acres. In addition to this, 100000 has been
guaranteed by the trustees of Wolfsk;ll ranch,
which adjoins the Jones and Baker tracts. The
money is to be paid by quarterly instalments,
and $50. 900 is to be devoted to the adornment of
the grounds. The construction of the same
will be proceeded with at once, and when suf-
fclent quarters prepared for the veterans,
the soldiers at the Napa home will DE trans
ferred to the National Home. if they desire.
The buildings to be erected will cost $3.50, 900.
The decision of the board was by vote of II to
s. The party left Las Vegas for the East to-
day During their visit the Pacific coast
they had visited ten different cities in Califor-
MIA and inspected twenty sites offered for To-
ca .lOn of the home
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ONLY A FEW DAYS MORE,
And DR.. Barker Returns to His
Home in Cincinnati.

The visit of this eminent specialist of the Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat will positively close on
Thursday Dec %, when he will leave for his
home Office in Cincinnati. The Doctor is a jul
dicious advertiser, and has thus become well
known in much less time than he could have
been in any other way While advertising is
important, it is vastly more important to tell
the truth in doing so. being able to verify state
meEts by works. This is well illustrated in the
case of DIR. Barker and the crowds which daily
thronghis Office is ample evidence that not adj
vertising alone, but being able to cure the
afflicted. when others fail. has made for him a
lasting reputation as skillful and successful
oculist and aurist. We would be glad could he
be induced to permanently remain In 1ndianap-
OILS The strong hold he has upon the con-
idence of the public would certainly warrant
him continuous remunerative practice, but
his business and property interests in Cincin-
natl cannot be disposed of at this time without
mourning a sacrifice, which he does not feel
justified in making. He is no longer stranger
here, and it is generally recognized fact that
he is not only most successful specialist, using
new, rational and exact treatment, curing his
patients in one-fourth the time for half the fee
prescr ibing and adjusting spectacles and arti-
fetal eyes is not surpassed In the United states
He carries all the material, making his
spectacles for each individual case, ranging IN
price from s.. 80 upward He will positively re-
main no longer than the 22d-
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Searching for a Book-Keeper.

MANSFIELD, o., Dec. 7.-Danel L. Tracy,
aged thirty head book keeper for Tracy e.
Avery's wholesale grocery establishment, in this
city, has been missing since noon to-day. On
going home for dinner he complained of having
q headache, and when he went down town pur-
chased two ounces of chloroform at a drug store.
Since then he has not been heard of. At mid
night several hundred citizens, divided into
small parties. securing the town and sur
rounding country. 1t is said that he has been
under a severe mental strain the past few days.
He is an exemplary young man, and it is thought
that his accounts are straight He is a nephew
dren.
Lateral o'clock tonight Tracy rstu IN ed
to his home. He said that he had been ont
hunting, and very tired. He had not
touched the chlorororm. The physicians say it
is q case of temporary alteration of tho mind.
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lam II. Ennis of Decatur, whose wealth is rate
at 5000. 900. His venture in the cattle business
brought on the lawsuit.
Ohituarv-

CHICAGO, Dec. 1-Stephen Clary, old citi-
zen, and tenth president of the Chicago Board
of Trade, is dead.
ST. Louis. Dec. Information is received
here that w. S. Beadle, railroad man of large
means and father of the chief engineer and head
of the construction company of the Nickle-plate
railroad died at Dighton, KAN yesterday His
remains have been sent to Canon City, Col,
where he resided.
SHELBYvILLE. Dec. Rev. Robert Watkins,
one OF the best known colored ministers in this
part OF the State, died this morning of cancer of
the stomach. aged eighty-nine years. Mr..
Watkins was born in slavery, in Richmond.
Virginia, and for over half century was in
bondage. He came to this city some seventeen
years ago. and at once began the work of organi-
zing a Methodist church. After long and
patient toll, he was successful Not satisfied
with his labors here he organized churches at
Indianapolis, New Castle, Madison, Hanover.
Seymour, Rushville. and several other places,
besides several in Kentucky. He a Chris
tan in every sense, and in his humble way did
great good.
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Masked Burglar Killed.

PIQUA, o., Dec IA terrible tragedy oc-
Cured at farmhouse two miles from this city.
On Monday night. between and 10 o'clock,
while Mr.. John Wolf was sitting at home with
his two sisters they were alarmed by the sound
of heavy blows the front door. The door
soon gave way and Mr.. Wolf sprang to the door
of the sitting room, locked it, and braced him.
self against it, just il also assaulted in the
same manner. One of his sisters for
double-barreled shotgun and placed it in her
brothers hands just as the door yielded and re-
vealed two masked men. the foremost of whom
leveled a revolver At Mr.. Wolf. The revolver
and shotgun were discharged almost smulta-
neously. The robbers aim missed. and the ball
shattered glass on the table. Mr.. Volts shot
took effect, and the remaining robber seized his
wounded comrade and dragged him out Mr..
Wolf g second barrel missed fire. He then
bolted and barricaded the door, unable to call
help, and afraid to leave the house. After
horrible night he went out in the morning and
found the dead man not twenty yards away. In
the afternoon the coroner removed the mask
and found young man supposed to be a canal
boatman. sharp butcher knife was in his
possession. No clew is found to his ompahion.
Murder and robbery were undoubtedly intended.
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miscellaneous Items.

There are nine roads built TO the line, waitir g
for the government to Civ 9 them permission to
build across the Indian TIE rritory.
The project of building locomotive works at
Pullman is taking definite shape, and next
year the erection of the largest locomotive
works in the country will De begun.
On Jan. 1, 1887. the A. T.. g. S. F. road
owned $40 locomotives. This year they pur-
chased 40 more, and they are now placing
ders for $50 more, to be delivered within the
next eight months.
Two years ago there were but 700 miles in
the Burlin eton s. Missouri system of roads;
now there 5000 This mileage has been at
tanned partly by purchase of other roads and
partly by building new lines.
Track-laying on the Chicago branch of the A.,
r. & S. f. road was completed Saturday
last liz Illinois, and will be finished in Missouri
by Dec. 20 which date the road will be
turned over to the operating department.
The Chicago & Rock Island road, which re-
Gently opened a division touching the Indian
Territory, is building mp immense cattle
traffic. Four five heavy trains of live stock
are forwarded daily from the Indian Territory.
The recent cold snap the northern divisions
of the Chicago Milwaukee g. st. Paul road gave
them an excellent opportunity to test their
mode of heating cars by steam from the locom o.
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MINOR MATTERS.
The Senate Asks the Commissioner of Agri-
cuItura an Important Question.

The Senate Asks the Commissioner OF Aefi-
culture an Important Question.
WASHINGTON, Dec. AFTER the presentation
of various communications from heads OF
departments and the Court OF Claims, MT.
Cullom remarked that the rule was. when bills
are introduced before committees are appointed,
TO have such bills laid on the table, and that
Great ed unnecessary work He moved that the
Senate adjourn. But be withdrew the motion
Temporarily TO permit Dir. Plumb to offer a
resolution calling the Commissioner of
Agriculture for information as to whether any
person in the employment of that department
making experiments to the manufacture OF
sugar from sorghum, had obtained applied
for patent or patents connected with such
manufacture and growing out of such expert
ment The resolution was adopted
Mr.. Farwell asked his colleague withdraw
his motion as to allow him to introduce q bill
to perpetuate the national bank system. Mr..
Cullom declined, and at 1920 the Senate
adjourned.
The House was not in session.
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A Bloody aud Desperate Fight.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. Information has
been received of desperate fight in saloon
at GEORGETOWN, Eldorado county, between
Frank Hollingsworth, aged twenty four, and his
Etep-father George Handy, fifty years old
Both bad been drinking Handy began the
row and the step-son knocked him down. The
old man got up quickly, and in a rough and tum-
bls fight that followed struck his STEP son with
a dirk knife back of the ear. the blade breaking
off nd remaining in the skull. Hollingsworth
paid no attention to the would. but continued to
beat and kick the old till the latter was
dragged away apparently dead. 1t was then
discovered that tho blade was still in Holdings
worth's head. 1t bad TO be drawn out forcibly
with a pair of pinchers. the wound then
frenzied Hollingsworth, and he made desper
ate effort to reach the almost dying old
and finish him. In his rage he knocked down
seven men, and then rushed into an adjoining
store, and breaking into a show case, snatched
q revolver TO continue the fight. He could not
get cartridge to fit the weapon, and while
searching for one loss of blood weakened him
that he fell to the floor. 1t is thought that
both will die from their injuries.
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RETURNING TO ITS STARTING PLACE.
The American Society of Microscopists Likely
to Meet in Indianapolis Next Year.

The American Society of Nicroscopists is the
outgrowth of an effort made by Drs Henry
Jameson, Webster Butterfeld and Joseph O.
Stillson, several years ago, to form such an or
ganization. They sent out a circular letter in
1878, calling upon the microscopes of the State
and country to meet them here during the sum-
mer of that year. When the meeting occurred.
seventy-fve enthusiasts in microscopical investi-
CATION were in attendance. Since then the
membership has increased to 400 members. one
half of whom are physicians. while professors
and amateur workers make up the other half.
In addition to papers on various classes of in
vestigation, the society's annual meetings are
made interesting to the public by entertain
ments where all who desire look into the
instruments and get glimpse of the wonders
of minute organisms. A local society or
ganized when the American was put in opera
ton, but of late years it has been practically
abandoned the members following their in
vestigations as they fit, and with only an
informal interchange of views and results. But
the local interest has been revived, and the So
ciety will probably take form again, as the
American will likely hold its meeting here next
August. Last evening several microscopes
met at Dr. w. B. Fletcher's Office to prepare a
formal invitation to the American Society to
come to Indianapolis. This will be sent to the
society's executive committee which will here
after name the place of meeting. DR.. Burrill,
OF Champaign Ill, the secretary OF the commit
tee, says it is almost certain the society will come
to Indianapolis
During the last ten years the society's investi
cations have led to remarkable results. Among
those of recent years are the facts Professor
Smith, of Geneva, n. Y, has ascertalned In re-
gard to diatoms, the microscopical plants which
are found the surface of all streams The
socetys members have also contributed greatly
to the knowledge concerning disease germs.
The local microscopists who have aided in this
work are Drs. Henry Jameson, w. B. Fletcher.
Hodges. Newcomer. Stillson. Wishard Brayton,
Butterfeld, Sphinx and Hatfield.
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T.-Traces of rain


WARREN, O., Dec. Hon. Ezra B. Taylor.
representing the Nineteenth district in Con-
gress, married to Mrs. Eunice L. Bosworth,
in Lexington, KY, last Friday. So quietly had
the intentions of the Judge been kept that
not until this evening his marriage known
to more than half dozen persons and the
prise of Mr. Taylors friends was complete. He
had left the city Tuesday, going direct to
Cincinnati, where he delivered address upon
the occasion of the unwilling of the Garfield
monument From there his constituents supposed
he would proceed directly TO Washington. but in
stead he quietly stepped over into Kentucky and
welded the woman of his choice Mrs. Taylor
formerly lived in Garrettsvile, O., and it said
that she and Mr.. Taylor sweeth-arts in
their youth. he having been a resident of that
place. A lovers quarrel separated them, aud
the final happy termination of the affair is
garded quite romantic. the lady was the wife
of the dead brother of Mr.. Cyrus Bosworth,
wealthy stock-dealer in Cleveland. and sister
of the present sheriff of Portage county. Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor will be given q hearty well
upon their return TO Warren, which will
probably not be until after the close of the
present session of Congress.
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Indian a Pensions.

Washington Special.
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indianians:
Mexican War-William Turner. Franklin;
George Dick, Kentland; W. B. Folsom, Bowling
Green.
New Pensions-Amanda ]. Alexander. Organ
Springs; Susan Dawson. Grand View; minors of
Ransom 7. Williams, Indianapolis; Rebecca
Crow. Folsomvi,le; Sarah Jane Thompson. La
fayette; Joseph S. Omstead, Ediuburg; John
Mclaughlin, Indianapolis; John G. Jones, Green
castle; W. 81. Hicks. Freedom: Margaret Haif1ey,
Wabash; Mary E. Dillman, Clifty; Almelia Pru-
cit, Georgia; John Nauert St Magdalene; Jos.
]. j. Whitman, South Bend; W. o. Bryant,
Loogooree; Lebern Meyer. Orestes.
Increased-John DERRICK. Greencastie; n. n.
Cooper, Viewpoint; Calvin Cook. Valence; S. W.
Woodward. Campbellsburg; Isaac Overholt,
Wakarusa; John w. Rush, Pittsburg; Linsey
German. Greenwood; ID. W. Field, Wolcottville;
". B. Lindsay, Longwood q. W. French, Ris
ing Sun; J. Stroud. River Vale FL. c. Whitson,
New Providence; Homer Smith. Liberty; John
Huntington, Greencastle; Lewis Hoard, Cana;
John S. Herndon, Raglesville; Andrew Kirk
patrick, Earl; George G. Massey, Spencer; Oil
c. Bright. Selvin; Charles Shields, Worth
ington; r G. Evans Laconia George H. Will
son. Fort Wayne; Reason B. Miller. Orwell: A.
G. Pollard, Brazil; Cook Burk, Bloomfield; VIM.
Green, Portland John NJ Hunt, Connersville;
". N. Bass. Bengal; John H. Tilton, Wheat
field; J. S. Ryan, Henryvile; Albert Winsell.
Connersville; w. A Starrstt, Youngstown;
John Carson, Franklin
Reissued-John Willyard, Youngs Creek;
John E. Williams, Logansport.
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Baseball Board of Arbitration.

CIScINNATI, Dec. THE baseball board OF
arbirration met to-day, and decided to grant
pay for the same $780, including also the right
to reserve fourteen players Holiday, claimed
by both St Louis and DesMoines. will
go to ST. Louis The board elected John
J. Rogers, of Philadelphia, president.
and Charles Byrne. of Brooklyn,
secretary. Ii was recommended that the
League and American Association hold their an
nual meetings in the same city In December of
bach year, selecting ST Louis for 1883. The
schedule meeting will be held in May The so
cents admission was adopted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. David Foutz of the
st. Louis Browns. signed contract to-day to
siaT with the Brooklyn club next season.
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THE FIRE RECORD.

Montgomery, Ala, Business Houses Burned
The Loss Estimat at S25O,OOO.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Dec. The largest fire
in Montgomery's history broke out on the east
side of Commerce street between II and o'clock
this 7morning. Grell Bros. & Co., wholesale gro
GERS lose store and stock s12O, 0O0 insured for
$50, 000 Hobbs & league. wholesale grocers
stock and store. lose about $50, 900; largely COW
cred by insurance. Warren g. Co, wholesale
erocers, lose on stock $50 900; insurance about
half, and a considerable amount was saved A
building on Bibb street destroyed, involv-
ing loss of $50, 900 or $40. 600. It comprised
Tatums soda water factory and Sable's leather
and fur depot. The total loss is over $3.50, 900.
At time both sides of Commerce street
wera threatened. but the wind and bountiful
supply of water inrerposed.